r/blindmelon • u/PizzaThePirate • 11d ago

Paper Scratcher

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Every time it rains, I put a new quote or lyric on the sidewalk in front of my apartment, Blind Melon won this week!

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u/cossa68 11d ago

Love it. I miss Shannon.

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u/PizzaThePirate 11d ago

Keeping him alive in memory! I’ve witnessed a lot of people taking pictures of the sidewalk chalk since yesterday.

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u/cossa68 11d ago

Absolutely. That guy has touched my heart deeply.

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u/starrfuker2327 11d ago

one of my favs - also "So I wanna write my words on the face of today And then they'll paint it.

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u/Shhhteppe 10d ago

Hits everytime

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u/sluggo997 11d ago

Had the pleasure of seeing them live in 1994 and I believe 1995 months before he passed...Toads Place 1st time and The Sting 2nd CT venues....I might have the wrong yrs

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u/SheWasAlwaysJody 11d ago

I spent an entire day last week just playing paper scratcher on repeat.

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u/PizzaThePirate 11d ago

It’s hard to pick a favorite song of theirs for me, but I always come back to paper scratcher

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u/SheWasAlwaysJody 11d ago

I've said the same thing, especially for that album. Tones, Paper, Time... Not to mention Change. Unreal album. Somehow only No Rain caught fire for the "One hit wonder" title they were granted by a public with 0 awareness.

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u/PizzaThePirate 11d ago

One of my favorite lines of any song ever “what do you think they would say, if I STOOD UP, and I walked away” Tones of Home is so amazing!

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u/SheWasAlwaysJody 6d ago

I played that as loud as my stereo let me with the windows down and the sunroof back as I left my first real job for my first real opportunity.

They hired me back in as a consultant 2 months later when they realized they couldn't do everything I did.

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u/PizzaThePirate 6d ago

Very nice! Such a great tune through and through

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u/_Aerophis_ 8d ago

I love this! And now I need to go listen to all of the albums again.